Almost every tech platform is designed to grab and hold your attention, to keep you clicking, scrolling, and buying for as long as possible.
Sports gambling has become one of the clearest examples of this. The industry has created frictionless apps on your phone that let you bet on everything from March Madness to a pregame coin toss to who wins a minor league British dart tournament.
While betting has become easier — and arguably fun — the cost of these apps is much higher than the money that is won and lost on them.
Today’s guest is Jonathan D. Cohen, author of Losing Big: America’s Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling. He and Sean discuss the rise of sports betting, why the industry targets young men in their advertising, the social costs of frictionless sports gambling, and how the industry could be improved.
50% of men have a sports betting app on their phone, 70% of people who live on university campuses now gamble. I hate the Burger Reich I hate the Burger Reich 
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What is this social darwinism shit?
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Yeah the nonstop advertisements for FanDuel and DraftKings really scream “DO NOT GAMBLE.”
The video game industry normalizing gambling in video games marketed at children is meant to serve as a warning if you really think about it. For sure.
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How do you not see the A to B here?
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You’re right its too hard might as well give up.
So you have a care spreadsheet to keep up with all your cares and this one is just one too many? How many cares do you have in total?
“I’m too smart to get addicted” buddy you have absolutely no clue how the mind works
He’s like that guy who went on Joe Rogan and said he’s getting himself addicted to meth to prove how easy it is for strong minded men to quit
I remember once sitting on a slot machine, only put $10 in, I would just occasionally press the button for the minimum bet, I just wanted free drinks. At one point, I had some feature activate, and I won big for that bet, which was only about $5. That scared me, I saw how easily I could get addicted if I actually played seriously.
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